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seems to have been a rare winter casual, but in most years is 

 now a fairly common winter visitor in immature plumage. The 

 Smew is of rare occurrence. One was shot at Newford Pool, St. 

 Mary's, late in December, 1869, and two immature males out of 

 a party of three on the pool on Higher Moors, St. Mary's, on 

 Jan. 23th, 1891. Several others seem to have been obtained at 

 unrecorded times by Pechell and others, but no adult male has 

 ever been identified. 



In the sixties the Wood-Pigeon was a rare autumn and winter 

 casual. F. R. Rodd, writing in 1863, says he has very rarely 

 observed this bird at Scilly, and mentions one that had been 

 noticed for several days on Tresco in the autumn of that year, 

 and one, probably the same bird, that had been found dead — 

 killed by a hawk — in the well-covert. The first nest was found 

 on Tresco in 1873, and by that time it was a regular and fairly 

 common winter visitor. Two or three years previous to 1879 it 

 had become established as a resident, and it has greatly increased 

 in numbers since. In April, 1888, a flock of four or five hundred 

 settled for several hours on the trees at Tresco, and did a good 

 deal of damage by eating the young leaves. The Stock-Dove 

 may be constantly seen during the autumn months on most of 

 the larger islands, including Tean and St. Helen's, both singly 

 and in flocks. It seems to have been quite as common in 1863 

 as it is now. The Rock-Dove has been reported several times, 

 but, so far as can be discovered, no Scillonian specimen has ever 

 been seen by a competent ornithologist. The Turtle-Dove occurs 

 rarely in autumn, sometimes in winter, and frequently in spring. 

 In May, 1871, thirty-four birds were counted in one flock. In 

 May, 1903, nineteen were seen together. It has nested at least 

 once at Tresco. 



A male specimen of Pallas' s Sand-Grouse was picked up dead 

 on St. Agnes in 1863, and F. R. Rodd says there was a small 

 flock on the island at the time. On May 15th, 1888, eight or 

 ten were seen feeding, and evidently quite at home, in the west 

 side of St. Martin's by C. R. Gawen. The Pheasant was success- 

 fully introduced into Tresco over half a century ago by Augustus 

 Smith, and has been preserved in the usual semi-domesticated 

 state ever since. It finds congenial shelter in the furze. Par- 

 tridges, both Red4egged and Grey, have been introduced several 



